Scan a text file with empty ele in line

I have a text file whose content is like this:

I would like to use fscanf command in matlab

0.00316047 0.00189992 0.00186791 0.00170366 0.00145677 0.0020697 0.00316047 0.00287378 0.00226645 1
85.1637   44.9496     59.0738    74.457     82.4159    {}        51.9875 54.7822     85.1637   1

as can be seen, there is an empty ele in 2nd line (i.e. {}) that I want to detect while scanning the text file and recognize it's index.

Any suggestion ?

[Walter Roberson]

Please do not close questions that have an answer.

[Walter Roberson]

Does the input have a literal {} or is it column oriented and you put in {} as a marker for emphasis? If it is column oriented is it fixed width or is it tab separated?

[dpb]

Ah! Mayhaps that was the issue. She coulda' said... :)

[Walter Roberson]

Sample data files seldom go wrong.

[dpb]

But the curlies were there, too...whassa a fella' a-s'posed t'do? :)

Answer 1

[dpb]

>> t=readtable('reza.txt','TreatAsEmpty','{}')
ans =
2×10 table
    Var1         Var2         Var3         Var4         Var5         Var6         Var7         Var8         Var9       Var10
  _________    _________    _________    _________    _________    _________    _________    _________    _________    _____
  0.0031605    0.0018999    0.0018679    0.0017037    0.0014568    0.0020697    0.0031605    0.0028738    0.0022665    1    
     85.164        44.95       59.074       74.457       82.416          NaN       51.987       54.782       85.164    1    
>>

ADDENDUM

If Walter is right that it is tab-delimited and the curlies are just a showpiece, then

>> [R,cnt]=fscanf(fid,'%f',[10,inf]);
>> cnt =
  15
>>

The empty field is the next after the successful 15 elements were read...

>> R.'
ans =
  0.0032    0.0019    0.0019    0.0017    0.0015    0.0021    0.0032    0.0029    0.0023    1.0000
 85.1637   44.9496   59.0738   74.4570   82.4159         0         0         0         0         0
>>

[Walter Roberson]

Reza comments:

no

[Walter Roberson]

Reza, what difficulty did you have with the proposed solution? Are you perhaps using a version before R2013b ?

[dpb]

Probably because it only reads/converts and didn't see the next step to locate since the question was to find them...but did seem a little harsh. :)

[Walter Roberson]

detectImportOptions for readtable() can handle tab delimiting and can even figure out column-oriented data that has consistent spacing.

[dpb]

Well, OP seemed adamant on fscanf...just obliging! :)